Where does “đưa ma” come from?
đưa ma (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đám ma, from Vietnamese Mã, from Chinese 碼, from English Mark, from German mark, from Latin Mārcus, from Latin Martīnus, from Latin -īnus — adjectival suffix.
đưa ma (Vietnamese): to attend a funeral procession
Definitions
- to attend a funeral procession
Ancestry of “đưa ma”, step by step
đưa ma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese đám ma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đám ma | funeral |
| 2 | Vietnamese | Mã | — |
| 3 | Chinese | 碼 | — |
| 4 | English | Mark | Abbreviation of Markarian |
| 5 | German | mark | mark any of various European monetary units |
| 6 | Latin | Mārcus | — |
| 7 | Latin | Martīnus | — |
| 8 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via Vietnamese đưa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đưa | to bring, to take, to give, to hand |